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Medicine/Pharmacology - Life Sciences - 18.05
New drug shrinks brain tumours in melanoma patients
Australian researchers have reported promising results with a new drug that shrinks brain tumours in melanoma patients. Their findings are published in The Lancet medical journal today.
New drug shrinks brain tumours in melanoma patients
Australian researchers have reported promising results with a new drug that shrinks brain tumours in melanoma patients. Their findings are published in The Lancet medical journal today.
Life Sciences - Medicine/Pharmacology - 18.05
Genetic safety in numbers, platypus study finds
Platypuses on the Australian mainland and in Tasmania are fighting fit but those on small islands are at high risk of being wiped out from disease, according to a University of Sydney study. The finding has important implications, not only for the management of the platypus but for other populations with limited genetic variation, including the iconic koala.
Genetic safety in numbers, platypus study finds
Life Sciences - Medicine/Pharmacology - 17.05
Slew of rare DNA changes following population explosion holds clues to common diseases
One-letter switches in the DNA code occur much more frequently in human genomes than anticipated, but are often only found in one or a few individuals.
Science.
“This is a dramatic example of how recent human history has profoundly shaped patterns of genetic variation,” said Joshua Akey, University of Washington associate professor of genome sciences and a senior author of the study.
Slew of rare DNA changes following population explosion holds clues to common diseases
Life Sciences - Medicine/Pharmacology - 17.05
New technique reveals unseen information in DNA code
Imagine reading an entire book, but then realizing that your glasses did not allow you to distinguish “g” from “q.” What details did you miss? Geneticists faced a similar problem with the recent discovery of a “sixth nucleotide” in the DNA alphabet.
New technique reveals unseen information in DNA code
Imagine reading an entire book, but then realizing that your glasses did not allow you to distinguish “g” from “q.” What details did you miss? Geneticists faced a similar problem with the recent discovery of a “sixth nucleotide” in the DNA alphabet.
Medicine/Pharmacology - Life Sciences - 17.05
Fighting bacteria’s strength in numbers
Scientists at The University of Nottingham have opened the way for more accurate research into new ways to fight dangerous bacterial infections by proving a long-held theory about how bacteria communicate with each other.
Fighting bacteria’s strength in numbers
Scientists at The University of Nottingham have opened the way for more accurate research into new ways to fight dangerous bacterial infections by proving a long-held theory about how bacteria communicate with each other.
Life Sciences - Medicine/Pharmacology - 17.05
New Research from Penn Medicine Challenges Established Concept that Raising HDL Helps Counter Heart Attack Risk
A new study published by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania , the Broad Institute, and Massachusetts General Hospital, challenges the conventional concept that raising a person's HDL levels (good cholesterol) will always help lower their risk of a heart attack.
New Research from Penn Medicine Challenges Established Concept that Raising HDL Helps Counter Heart Attack Risk
A new study published by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania , the Broad Institute, and Massachusetts General Hospital, challenges the conventional concept that raising a person's HDL levels (good cholesterol) will always help lower their risk of a heart attack.
Medicine/Pharmacology - 17.05
Researchers Recognized for Improving Nanotech Design Principles
Targeted drug delivery is one of the more enticing applications of nanotechnology; by designing pharmaceuticals on an atomic scale, engineers hope to get them attacking diseases with newfound precision and efficiency.
Researchers Recognized for Improving Nanotech Design Principles
Life Sciences - Medicine/Pharmacology - 17.05
Blast trauma study suggests how to protect troops
An analysis of the brains of military personnel exposed to bomb blasts or concussive injuries, combined with experiments simulating the effect of blasts on the brain, suggests how soldiers could be better protected from improvised explosive devices (IEDs).
Blast trauma study suggests how to protect troops
Life Sciences - Medicine/Pharmacology - 16.05
New Understanding of ’Copper Pump’ in Cells Could Prime Discovery of Anti-Cancer Drugs
Researchers at UC San Diego used experimental results and modeling studies to discover that the human copper transporter protein forms a trimer (purple, aqua, and red) in a cell's membrane, with one end (top) extending outside the cell and the other end (bottom) extending into the cell's cytoplasm.
New Understanding of ’Copper Pump’ in Cells Could Prime Discovery of Anti-Cancer Drugs
Researchers at UC San Diego used experimental results and modeling studies to discover that the human copper transporter protein forms a trimer (purple, aqua, and red) in a cell's membrane, with one end (top) extending outside the cell and the other end (bottom) extending into the cell's cytoplasm.
Life Sciences - Medicine/Pharmacology - 16.05
Researchers lead world’s largest study into pre-eclampsia
PA 134/12 Researchers from The University of Nottingham are leading the largest ever international research project into the genetics of the potentially fatal condition pre-eclampsia. The research will aim to provide new insights into the prevention, prediction and treatment of the disease, which kills up to 40,000 women and almost one million babies every year worldwide.
Researchers lead world’s largest study into pre-eclampsia
PA 134/12 Researchers from The University of Nottingham are leading the largest ever international research project into the genetics of the potentially fatal condition pre-eclampsia. The research will aim to provide new insights into the prevention, prediction and treatment of the disease, which kills up to 40,000 women and almost one million babies every year worldwide.
Medicine/Pharmacology - Environmental Sciences - 16.05
New advice on medication disposal: Trash beats take-back, new study suggests
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Returning extra medicine to the pharmacy for disposal might not be worth the extra time, money or greenhouse gas emissions, according to a University of Michigan study that is the first to look at the net effects of so-called take-back programs.
New advice on medication disposal: Trash beats take-back, new study suggests
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Returning extra medicine to the pharmacy for disposal might not be worth the extra time, money or greenhouse gas emissions, according to a University of Michigan study that is the first to look at the net effects of so-called take-back programs.
Medicine/Pharmacology - 16.05
Want to avoid ED following prostate surgery? Find an experienced, gentle surgeon
Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed non-skin cancer in the U.S., and radical prostatectomy, the surgical removal of the prostate gland, remains the most popular therapeutic option, accounting for half of treatments.
Want to avoid ED following prostate surgery? Find an experienced, gentle surgeon
Medicine/Pharmacology - Life Sciences - 15.05
FDA-approved Drug Makes Established Cancer Vaccine Work Better, Penn Study Finds
A team from the Perelman School of Medicine and the Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute at the University of Pennsylvania found that the FDA-approved drug daclizumab improved the survival of breast cancer patients taking a cancer vaccine by 30 percent, compared to those patients not taking daclizumab.
FDA-approved Drug Makes Established Cancer Vaccine Work Better, Penn Study Finds
A team from the Perelman School of Medicine and the Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute at the University of Pennsylvania found that the FDA-approved drug daclizumab improved the survival of breast cancer patients taking a cancer vaccine by 30 percent, compared to those patients not taking daclizumab.
Medicine/Pharmacology - Life Sciences - 15.05
Unexpected source of diabetic neuropathy pain
Nearly half of all diabetics suffer from neuropathic pain, an intractable, agonizing and still mysterious companion of the disease. Now Yale researchers have identified an unexpected source of the pain and a potential target to alleviate it.
Unexpected source of diabetic neuropathy pain
Nearly half of all diabetics suffer from neuropathic pain, an intractable, agonizing and still mysterious companion of the disease. Now Yale researchers have identified an unexpected source of the pain and a potential target to alleviate it.
Life Sciences - Medicine/Pharmacology - 15.05
Let’s get moving: Unravelling how locomotion starts
Scientists at the University of Bristol have shed new light on one of the great unanswered questions of neuroscience: how the brain initiates rhythmic movements like walking, running and swimming.
Let’s get moving: Unravelling how locomotion starts
Medicine/Pharmacology - Life Sciences - 15.05
Insulin nasal spray therapy shows memory improvement in Alzheimer’s patients
By Clare LaFond and Lorin Smith UW Health Sciences/UW Medicine and Puget Sound VA Health Care System A research team led by Suzanne Craft, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the University of Washington based at the Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, has found that a four-month pilot trial of insulin nasal spr
Insulin nasal spray therapy shows memory improvement in Alzheimer’s patients
Life Sciences - Medicine/Pharmacology - 15.05
High-fructose diet sabotages learning, memory
Attention, college students cramming between midterms and finals: Binging on soda and sweets for as little as six weeks may make you stupid. A new UCLA study is the first to show how a diet steadily high in fructose slows the brain, hampering memory and learning — and how omega-3 fatty acids can counteract the disruption.
High-fructose diet sabotages learning, memory
Medicine/Pharmacology - Life Sciences - 15.05
Early Biomarker for Pancreatic Cancer Identified
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center have identified a new biomarker and therapeutic target for pancreatic cancer, an often-fatal disease for which there is currently no reliable method for early detection or therapeutic intervention.
Early Biomarker for Pancreatic Cancer Identified
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center have identified a new biomarker and therapeutic target for pancreatic cancer, an often-fatal disease for which there is currently no reliable method for early detection or therapeutic intervention.
Medicine/Pharmacology - Life Sciences - 15.05
Novel Approaches to Treating Alzheimer’s Disease Include Early Intervention
Researchers at the Comprehensive Alzheimer's Program at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have announced two new clinical trials for patients with either mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease (AD) and one trial for Mild Cognitive Impairment.
Novel Approaches to Treating Alzheimer’s Disease Include Early Intervention
Researchers at the Comprehensive Alzheimer's Program at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have announced two new clinical trials for patients with either mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease (AD) and one trial for Mild Cognitive Impairment.
Life Sciences - Medicine/Pharmacology - 15.05
Study highlights how superbug spreads
Hospitals in large cities act as breeding grounds for the superbug MRSA prior to it spreading to smaller hospitals. University researchers found evidence that shows for the first time how the superbug spreads between different hospitals throughout the country.
Study highlights how superbug spreads
Hospitals in large cities act as breeding grounds for the superbug MRSA prior to it spreading to smaller hospitals. University researchers found evidence that shows for the first time how the superbug spreads between different hospitals throughout the country.
Medicine/Pharmacology - 14.05
Black Cardiac Arrest Victims Less Apt to Receive CPR and Shocks to the Heart from Bystanders, Penn Study Shows
Black cardiac arrest victims who are stricken outside hospitals are less likely to receive bystander CPR and defibrillation on the scene than white patients, according to research that will be presented by a research team from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania today at the annual meeting of Society for Academic Emergency Medicine.
Black Cardiac Arrest Victims Less Apt to Receive CPR and Shocks to the Heart from Bystanders, Penn Study Shows
Black cardiac arrest victims who are stricken outside hospitals are less likely to receive bystander CPR and defibrillation on the scene than white patients, according to research that will be presented by a research team from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania today at the annual meeting of Society for Academic Emergency Medicine.
Medicine/Pharmacology - 14.05
Smoked Cannabis Reduces Some Symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis
Controlled trial shows improved spasticity, reduced pain after smoking medical marijuana Controlled trial shows improved spasticity, reduced pain after smoking medical marijuana A clinical study of 30 adult patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine has shown that smoked cannabis may be an effective treatment for spasticity - a common and disabling symptom of this neurological disease.
Smoked Cannabis Reduces Some Symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis
Controlled trial shows improved spasticity, reduced pain after smoking medical marijuana Controlled trial shows improved spasticity, reduced pain after smoking medical marijuana A clinical study of 30 adult patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine has shown that smoked cannabis may be an effective treatment for spasticity - a common and disabling symptom of this neurological disease.
Medicine/Pharmacology - 14.05
Study looks at benefits of inducing labour
Babies born when labour is induced around their due date may have better survival rates than those whose birth is not induced. Researchers found that stillbirths and new born baby deaths were less likely to occur when labour was induced at 40 weeks compared to births where the pregnancy was allowed to continue.
Study looks at benefits of inducing labour
Babies born when labour is induced around their due date may have better survival rates than those whose birth is not induced. Researchers found that stillbirths and new born baby deaths were less likely to occur when labour was induced at 40 weeks compared to births where the pregnancy was allowed to continue.
Life Sciences - Medicine/Pharmacology - 14.05
Scientists uncover potential treatment for painful side effect of diabetes
Why diabetics suffer from increased pain and temperature sensitivity is a step closer to being understood and effectively treated. Research published reveals that a multi-national collaboration between scientists from Warwick Medical School in the UK, and universities in Germany, New York, Australia and Eastern Europe, has discovered key information around one of the most distressing side effects of diabetes.
Scientists uncover potential treatment for painful side effect of diabetes
Why diabetics suffer from increased pain and temperature sensitivity is a step closer to being understood and effectively treated. Research published reveals that a multi-national collaboration between scientists from Warwick Medical School in the UK, and universities in Germany, New York, Australia and Eastern Europe, has discovered key information around one of the most distressing side effects of diabetes.
Medicine/Pharmacology - 14.05
New study seeks volunteers to help older people experiencing pain
It is estimated that up to 62 per cent of people aged over 75 have chronic pain, which is sometimes linked to medical problems such as arthritis. Despite its prevalence, older people are also more likely to suffer in silence.
New study seeks volunteers to help older people experiencing pain
Medicine/Pharmacology - Life Sciences - 14.05
Researchers explain different mechanisms of pain
Researchers at the University of Leeds have found a previously unknown mechanism through which pain is signalled by nerve cells. A discovery that could explain the current failings in the drug development process for painkillers and which may offer opportunities for a new approach.
Researchers explain different mechanisms of pain
Researchers at the University of Leeds have found a previously unknown mechanism through which pain is signalled by nerve cells. A discovery that could explain the current failings in the drug development process for painkillers and which may offer opportunities for a new approach.
Life Sciences - Medicine/Pharmacology - 11.05
Scientists identify protein that stimulates brown fat to burn calories
Other proteins made by the body can enhance heat production in brown fat, such as thyroid hormone but often these proteins have important effects in other organs too. Therefore they are not good targets for developing new weight loss treatments.
Scientists identify protein that stimulates brown fat to burn calories
Medicine/Pharmacology - Life Sciences - 11.05
Maternal gluten sensitivity linked to schizophrenia risk in children
Babies born to women with sensitivity to gluten appear to be at increased risk of developing schizophrenia and other psychiatric disorders later in life, according to new findings from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and Johns Hopkins University, United States.
Maternal gluten sensitivity linked to schizophrenia risk in children
Medicine/Pharmacology - Life Sciences - 10.05
Virus ’barcodes’ offer rapid detection of mutated strains
Researchers at the University of Leeds are developing a way to 'barcode' viral diseases to rapidly test new outbreaks for potentially lethal mutations. Julian Hiscox and John Barr of the University's Faculty of Biological Sciences are working with the Health Protection Agency Porton (HPA) to build a bank of molecular signatures that will help identify the severity of virus infection from characteristic changes seen in cells.
Virus ’barcodes’ offer rapid detection of mutated strains
Researchers at the University of Leeds are developing a way to 'barcode' viral diseases to rapidly test new outbreaks for potentially lethal mutations. Julian Hiscox and John Barr of the University's Faculty of Biological Sciences are working with the Health Protection Agency Porton (HPA) to build a bank of molecular signatures that will help identify the severity of virus infection from characteristic changes seen in cells.
Life Sciences - Medicine/Pharmacology - 10.05
Evolution’s gift may also be at the root of a form of autism
A recently evolved pattern of gene activity in the language and decision-making centers of the human brain is missing in a disorder associated with autism and learning disabilities, a new study by Yale University researchers shows.
Evolution’s gift may also be at the root of a form of autism
A recently evolved pattern of gene activity in the language and decision-making centers of the human brain is missing in a disorder associated with autism and learning disabilities, a new study by Yale University researchers shows.
Medicine/Pharmacology - 10.05
Response to first drug treatment may signal likelihood of future seizures in people with Epilepsy
Response to first drug treatment may signal likelihood of future seizures in people with Epilepsy
Medicine/Pharmacology - Life Sciences - 9.05
Blood test could show women at risk of Postnatal Depression
Blood test could show women at risk of Postnatal Depression
Medicine/Pharmacology - 8.05
Avastin has similar effect to Lucentis in treating most common cause of blindness in the developed world
Avastin has similar effect to Lucentis in treating most common cause of blindness in the developed world
Agronomy/Food Science - Medicine/Pharmacology - 7.05
Immune cells found to counter obesity-related diabetes
Immune cells found to counter obesity-related diabetes
Medicine/Pharmacology - Mathematics - 7.05
Improved treatment for head & neck cancers could soon be on its way, say researchers
Improved treatment for head & neck cancers could soon be on its way, say researchers
Medicine/Pharmacology - Life Sciences - 4.05
Communication between stem cell-derived motor neurons, muscle cells
Communication between stem cell-derived motor neurons, muscle cells
Medicine/Pharmacology - 3.05
Scientists develop new technique that could improve heart attack prediction
Scientists develop new technique that could improve heart attack prediction
Life Sciences - Medicine/Pharmacology - 3.05
More prenatal choline could ease baby stress and cut some health risks
More prenatal choline could ease baby stress and cut some health risks
Life Sciences - Medicine/Pharmacology - 3.05
Bacteria discovery could lead to antibiotics alternatives
Bacteria discovery could lead to antibiotics alternatives
Life Sciences - Medicine/Pharmacology - 2.05
Human brain evolution tied to partial gene copy that blocks original
Human brain evolution tied to partial gene copy that blocks original
Medicine/Pharmacology - 2.05
African-Americans face roadblocks to HIV therapy, untreated depression makes it worse
African-Americans face roadblocks to HIV therapy, untreated depression makes it worse
Business/Economics - Medicine/Pharmacology - 2.05
Openness trait may help those with mild or moderate disabilities keep jobs
Openness trait may help those with mild or moderate disabilities keep jobs
Medicine/Pharmacology - Life Sciences - 1.05
Evidence that BMI has an independent and causal effect on heart disease risk
Evidence that BMI has an independent and causal effect on heart disease risk
Life Sciences - Medicine/Pharmacology - 1.05
Gene involved in sperm-to-egg binding is key to fertility in mammals
Gene involved in sperm-to-egg binding is key to fertility in mammals
Medicine/Pharmacology - 30.04
Key factors linked to lower death rates among patients with heart attacks
Key factors linked to lower death rates among patients with heart attacks
Medicine/Pharmacology - Psychology - 30.04
Effects of loneliness mimic aging process, boost heart disease risk
Effects of loneliness mimic aging process, boost heart disease risk
Medicine/Pharmacology - 30.04
New Penn Study Confirms Two Treatments for Age-Related Macular Degeneration Provide Equal Improvements in Vision
New Penn Study Confirms Two Treatments for Age-Related Macular Degeneration Provide Equal Improvements in Vision
Medicine/Pharmacology - Physics/Astronomy - 29.04
With random lasers, Yale researchers fight random noise, improve imaging
With random lasers, Yale researchers fight random noise, improve imaging
Medicine/Pharmacology - Life Sciences - 26.04
Scientists identify potential biomarker to help diagnose autism
Scientists identify potential biomarker to help diagnose autism
Life Sciences - Medicine/Pharmacology - 26.04
Scientists have demonstrated a new technique that will transform epigenetics research
Scientists have demonstrated a new technique that will transform epigenetics research
Medicine/Pharmacology - Life Sciences - 26.04
Cells in blood vessel found to cling more tightly in regions of rapid flow
Cells in blood vessel found to cling more tightly in regions of rapid flow
Medicine/Pharmacology - Social Sciences - 26.04
Studies touting China’s treatments for Internet overuse may lack validity
Studies touting China’s treatments for Internet overuse may lack validity
Life Sciences - Medicine/Pharmacology - 25.04
Small ’neural focus groups’ predict anti-smoking ad campaign success
Small ’neural focus groups’ predict anti-smoking ad campaign success
Medicine/Pharmacology - Life Sciences - 25.04
Scientists Uncover Strong Support for Once-Marginalized Theory on Parkinson’s Disease
Scientists Uncover Strong Support for Once-Marginalized Theory on Parkinson’s Disease
Life Sciences - Medicine/Pharmacology - 24.04
Yeast cell reaction to Zoloft suggests alternative cause, drug target for depression
Yeast cell reaction to Zoloft suggests alternative cause, drug target for depression
Medicine/Pharmacology - History/Philosophy - 23.04
Racial Bias Skews Medical Diagnosis and Treatment for African Americans, Research Shows
Racial Bias Skews Medical Diagnosis and Treatment for African Americans, Research Shows
Medicine/Pharmacology - 23.04
ALS Patients Differ on Treatment Choices in Later Phases of Disease, Penn Medicine Study Shows
ALS Patients Differ on Treatment Choices in Later Phases of Disease, Penn Medicine Study Shows
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